It's the end of summer and the start of autumn and the risk of picking up a cold increases as schools are back and people return from holidays. More time can also be spent indoors as the weather gets cooler and the nights darker.
And while Covid-19 infections are falling, health experts are predicting a resurgence of coronavirus this winter amid a possible worse flu season. To protect as many people as possible, the Covid-19 booster vaccine programme has got under way in England and Scotland.
But how easy it is to tell if you have a cold, the flu or Covid-19? They can have very similar symptoms, so it may be hard to tell what you have and know how best to treat it.
